Germán Frers
Germán Frers (born July 4, 1941 in Argentina) is a naval architect renowned for designing successful racing yachts. He designed his first yacht in 1958. There is a design team consisting of Germán Frers and his son, also named Germán Frers, supported by a team of engineers, architects and designers, some of whom have been with the company for more than 25 years. The company has designed more than 1,000 yachts. The designs range from exotic super yachts to no-nonsense racing hulls.
Yachts designed by the Frers team have won many different yachting events around the world including: the Admiral’s Cup, Onion Patch, Bermuda Race, Transpacific, Whitbread Round the World Race, Sardinia Cup, Buenos Aires-Rio Race, S.O.R.C. (Southern Ocean Racing Circuit), Kenwood Cup, Copa del Rey, San Francisco Big Boat Series, Giraglia Race, Settimana delle Bocche, Two Ton Cup World Championship, Martini Middle Sea Race and the Maxi World Championship.
Successful yachts designed by Frers include: Scaramouche I and II, Noryema X, Recluta, Hitchhiker, Retaliation I and II, Ragamuffin IV and V, Congere, Morning Star 45', Morning Star 50', Bribon IV and V, Nitissima, Enteara, Volcano, Kodiak, Flyer, Bumblebee III and IV, Guia 2000, Boomerang, Kialoa V, Ondine VIII, Matador and Il Moro di Venezia I, II and III.
Boat designs
- Beneteau
- Dufour Yachts
- Nautor's Swan
- Hallberg-Rassy
- Hallberg-Rassy 31 from 1992
- Hallberg-Rassy 34 from 1990
- Hallberg-Rassy 342 from 2005
- Hallberg-Rassy 37
- Hallberg-Rassy 372 from 2009
- Hallberg-Rassy 39 from 1990
- Hallberg-Rassy 40
- Hallberg-Rassy 42 from 1991
- Hallberg-Rassy 46 from 1995
- Hallberg-Rassy 48
- Hallberg-Rassy 53 from 1996
- Hallberg-Rassy 62
- Wally Yachts
- Hylas Yachts
- D`Angelo 24
- Numerous Super Yachts
References
- Heart of GLASS, Fiberglass Boats And The Men Who Made Them by Daniel Spurr pages 244 - 250
- Best Boats to Build or Buy Ferenc Máté, Albatross Publishing House, 1982